Pig and Jig fishin

[CATCHEMALL]

If you are flipping and pitching and it is not really heavy cover just use mono or floro. If you are dragging a jig in 30ft of water the braid with a leader is a good option because of the extra feeling and no stretch.

[bigbasscatcher]

I have one rod and reel that I use only for flipping and pitching. It's 7.6 heavy action rod with a pro qualifier reel spooled with 65lb super sonic braid. I've never used a leader but if I was fishing gin clear water then I would give it some thought. I like the braid for the sencetivity and the strength so I can pull the big boys out of cover. I see the reasoning for the fluro leader but in my opinion you really don't need it for Nolin lake.

[hairball]

To answer your first question, of course the leader will break first, provided your knot is up to snuff. This is a good thing because you don't have to retie at the leader, which means you haven't wasted any of that precious braid. That might make me seem like a real tightwad, but I'm on a fixed income and my @$$#%!# puckers every time I clip the tag end of braid.
To me, the biggest advantage of braid is its limpness. It casts better and has absolutely no memory. When you've had fluoro on a reel for a while, it starts getting memory and every single coil in it after the cast detracts from the sensitivity. That's the game changer right there for me.

[Les Young]

The braid is so limp & has so much sensitivity & the florocarbon leader is way more invisible than braid & floro sinks too. Plus you can flat snap a rod in short order using strictly braid unless you back your drag off. Way better off to lose a jig & leader than a rod.